"Whatever." I say, walking off from the table.
I hear someone run up to me, thinking it's Jug I slow down and wait.
"You okay?" I turn to see Sweetpea standing next to me.
I furrow my brows.
"What?" I ask."You seem, I dunno, fed up?" He says awkwardly. We continue walking to the exit of the school.
I let out a small laugh.
"I just miss my dad is all. No big deal."He nods understandingly.
"Wanna go for a ride?" He asks.We exit the school and stand out on the steps, overlooking the parking lot.
"What, on that?" I say pointing to Sweetpea's motorcycle.
He nods, a grin tugging at his lips.
"Uh-"
"You'll be okay, I'll go slow." He says laughing.
"Shut up." I say, playfully punching him, "okay, but if I break anything, you're dead."
He takes my hand and nods, smiling.
He grabs the spare helmet from the compartment and places it on my head.
"I'm not a child." I say.
"I know Princess." He says, fasting the helmet for me.
I groan, "stop calling me that."
"Whatever." He says and hops onto the bike.
I stand there for a moment.
"Come on." He says, patting the seat.
He smiles at me, then looks me in the eye.
"Trust me, you're gonna be fine Princess."
I give in and jump onto the back. I quickly wrap my arms around his waist and lace my fingers together."I'm shitting myself." I say.
I hear him laugh, and he starts up the bike.
My stomach is full of butterflies and I feel like I'm gonna be sick.We start of very slow, then we get onto a straight road and I can't help but feel like we're in a movie, I smile against his leather jacket.
"Go faster." I shout.
"You sure?" I hear him ask.
"Yeh" I say.
"Whatever you say." He says and revs the engine.
My stomach drops for a second as if I'm on a rollercoaster and I sort of let out a yelp.
I feel him chuckle, "You good?""Yeh." I say, slowly digging my nails into his stomach even more, he'll probably have marks after this.
"Shout!" He says.
I lift my head up.
"What?" I say."Whoooo!!!!" He shouts really loudly.
This whole thing just keeps reminding me of a movie.
I roll my eyes and laugh.
"HELLLLLL YEEEESSSSSSS!!!" I shout, laughing.I hear him laugh and shake his head.
After a while of just riding around, he pulls over by the side of Sweetwater River and we both hop off the bike.
I unclip the helmet and take it off my head, running my fingers through my now windswept hair.Pea grins and me.
"Fun?" He asks, leaning on his bike.I shrug, trying to hide my grin.
"Could've been better." I say and he laughs.
"Whatever 'Miss Please Go Slow" he says.
I roll my eyes and laugh.
"Okay it was fun." I say, looking down at my feet.
I sigh."Why do you care about me?" I asked calmly, my eyes boring into the tall Serpent boy infront of me.
"Who said I did?" He says smugly, a small grin tugging at his perfectly formed lips, he turned to face the river.
"Fuck you." I say bluntly and look over at the trees beside me, the awkwardness filling the air.
I feel him look at me.
"You're cool." He says simply.I laugh and turn to face him, "sure I am."
"Seriously, you are. I'm not gonna do the 'you're so different from the other girls' speech because I'm not that type of guy, but really, you're cool, I like you." He says.
I nod slowly.
"Thanks... I mean I suppose you're not so bad either." I say, smiling.He rolls his eyes and gestures for me to stand with him, we both lean on the small railing in front of us, preventing us from potentially falling to our death.
I can't help but think of Jason Blossom. Although he was on the football team, and sometimes took part in ripping apart my brother, he was a good guy. Me and Cheryl used to be good friends, but things changed and she grew to hate my family, and so I cut her off.
Sure I'm on her cheer squad- was, I mean now that I'm at Southside I don't think I'll be going any kind of school 'team'.
But we were mutual to eachother, sometimes I think that she feels bad for disliking my family, but then I think nah."I don't wanna go back to school." I say to Pea.
"Same here." He agrees.
"I just wanna stay here. Forever if it's possible." I say, taking in the fresh air.
"You might get cold." He says.
I shrug.
He hops over the small fence and I raise my brows.
He doesn't even look at me, but he walks down the small slope towards the waters edge and he just lays down.
I laugh a bit, then do the same."This is quite frankly very dangerous" I say, laying down next to him.
"It's peaceful though." He says.
I nod in agreement.
"I'm sure you've done more life threatening things that lay by a waters edge""You're not wrong. I keep telling myself 'never again' to these types of things, but I still find myself in the same situations feeling even worse than I did before" I say.
"You feel sad laying here?" He looks at me confused.
I shrug.
"Kinda... I knew Jason. The boy who supposedly drowned in this river, but actually got shot by his own father.""Sorry. I shouldn't of brought you here." He says turning to me.
I shake my head.
"It's not your fault, but if it makes you feel any better I like being here with you."- - -
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SLOW DOWN // Sweetpea
Fanfiction~~ "Why do you care about me?" I asked calmly, my eyes boring into the tall Serpent boy infront of me. "Who said I did?" He says smugly, a small grin tugging at his perfectly formed lips. "Fuck you." I say bluntly.
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